Seeing Renato and Friker battling yesterday for the LTB gave me an idea:
Quiet days are with us since almost a decade now (wow...). It is a great solution to a big problem, however, less and less significant now that the activity is a bit lower.
What if we would reverse the idea, and allow pipsqueaks to send scheduled replays? Of course not backwards, but forward in time. Let's say if someone is battling for the LTB and is afraid that after he goes to sleep someone will overtake. He could schedule a replay for 2am or 3am next morning, which then only shows on the scoreboard from that time.
Scheduled replays could not be rescheduled or revoked. Such a system would allow everyone to do some strategic thinking and possibly increase the number of sent replays and the battle for LTB.
what do you think?
"Surprising" answer: no. It's also a strategic step to send your best when the SA pipsqueaks go to bed - they do the same. It works for ages, why to change?
Delete LTB, as I had always been said.
definitely no! even counting minutes not hours is better idea. :)
I think it sounds like a good idea.
: BonzaiJoe August 17, 2012, 11:30:48 +02:00
I think it sounds like a good idea.
Bwin would give about 1.01x for that opinion.
Why not? It's something new, without taking out any of the previous possibilities.
: CTG August 17, 2012, 02:04:45 +02:00
: BonzaiJoe August 17, 2012, 11:30:48 +02:00
I think it sounds like a good idea.
Bwin would give about 1.01x for that opinion.
Because I'm so smart and it's such a good idea?
: BonzaiJoe August 18, 2012, 06:26:05 +02:00
: CTG August 17, 2012, 02:04:45 +02:00
: BonzaiJoe August 17, 2012, 11:30:48 +02:00
I think it sounds like a good idea.
Bwin would give about 1.01x for that opinion.
Because I'm so smart and it's such a good idea?
I have no mood for useless arguements.
But you have mood to sum up another post
I think Zak should start a poll about it and only explained votes should count.
Scheduled replays would give only the illusion of an interesting strategic battle - I prefer the real fights on the track (time hiding is not my cup of tea, it never was). One vote against it.
btw, I don't think if it would help. I'm so tired to explain more deep xD
OK, since it involves quite a lot of coding and seems to have only limited support from the community, I will postpone this idea :)
: zaqrack August 20, 2012, 08:19:44 +02:00
OK, since it involves quite a lot of coding and seems to have only limited support from the community, I will postpone this idea :)
It's your competition, you have to decide. But if you start this system, do it at the beginning of a season.
: CTG August 20, 2012, 09:48:14 +02:00
It's your competition, you have to decide. But if you start this system, do it at the beginning of a season.
This is not Zak's style. He would never do something just because "it's his competition". I don't remember him doing anything like that before at least...
Chulk: you misunderstood what I wanted to say, it's not a negative message.
Yeah, I know it was not a negative message, don't worry.
I just thought Zak always falls back on the community's opinion to decide.
Late, and by now hardly relevant, feedback on the idea... basically, it fails to capture my imagination. There is nothing evil about having scheduled replays, but it is a bit too abstracted from actual racing action, and I don't foresee it having a deep overall effect on how the races unfold through the month; thus the extra complexity wouldn't pay off IMO.
Seems like a dividing idea.
I'm not (and probably won't be) concerned with this issue, but I agree that not tactics, but racing should be supported. The existing LTB system is good for that (as it's against replay hiding), but should be kept as simple as possible, without further 'tactical' elements.